Longtime Steamboat Sailor Hockey Club President Mike Kane made a controversial, "mavericky" choice to run the rink's concession stand this year, selecting Paul Lynn's mother, Angela, to be in charge of the confection area at Sailor hockey games this year.

Lynn is only in his first year as a team member, and a lot of the kids don't really know him or his mother. The choice to be the "second in command" of concessions was greeted by sneers and cheers when announced between the first and second period of the recent pre-season match-up against the Vail Vomits.

Hockey Club President Mike Kane ignited controversy when he surprisingly selected Paul Lynn's mother to be his "running mate" for the rink's concession stand.

One of the players, longtime defenseman Otto Corners, was furious. "My mom has been to every game, believes in hockey and knows her Skittles from her Reese's Pieces," he fumed. "He just picked her because she's relatively hot--for an old mom-type lady."

Kane strongly defended his choice. "When you get to know Paul Lynn's mother, you will be impressed. She was an assistant fundraiser for her son's team in Hawaii last year, and they raised over $315 for pucks. She's a real tough cookie. She will clean up the stand, and I think having an outsider is just what we need right now. "

Paul Lynn's mother wouldn't comment on the situation, saying only that she refuses to speak to anyone with a media filter. Her son meanwhile was trying to deflect all the attention he was getting. "It's hard. I'm simply trying to play hockey, and the players keep asking me if she's going to put pineapples in the walking tacos."

"I want to see what she says when I ask for change for a hundred," noted Francine Sitter, whose son plays offense and defense for the team. "Because sometimes we all need change, and I want to know how she would provide change. Would it be with five $20 bills or a whole lot of singles? What's her policy on change?"

Other team members could not remember a more controversial choice since former club President Herbert Push chose a dad named Dan Partridge to run the stand. Few could forget the trouble he ran into when he tried to introduce potatoes to the menu and, instead, tragically fried tomatoes.